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Cabbage seedpod weevil.
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Prairie Pest Monitoring Network launches website

The new website predicts insect risks, monitors insect populations and offers information on scouting, chemical controls and more

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The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network (PPMN) launched a new website last July at Prairiepest.ca. The PPMN is a Prairie-wide insect pest monitoring group that provides valuable information, predicts insect risks, monitors insect populations and offers information to growers and agronomists to help them scout for pests, time their scouting activities, and make decisions about using […] Read more
Numbers show a farm accident or injury could happen to you
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Numbers show a farm accident or injury could happen to you

Tips to keep you and your family safe at harvest

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One of the major contributors to farm accidents is stress. And so, we at AgSafe Alberta are worried right now. Not only has this been an unusually stressful year for farmers, we are also now heading into one of the busiest and intense periods for grain farms — harvest. Why it matters: Harvest is an […] Read more
Your marketing plan and COVID-19
Markets, News

Your marketing plan and COVID-19

Should farmers change their marketing strategies because of the pandemic or stay the course?

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As another year’s crop will soon fill their bins, should farmers change their marketing strategies because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic or do they maintain the same course they had planned out for this winter? “COVID-19 has had some impacts on the markets, but it hasn’t really been that much for grains and […] Read more
TESA winners, Ricky and Chad Seelhof and their daughters Riata and Renee, and son Cooper, along with Chad’s parents Ellie and Louis Seelhof.
Cattleman’s Corner, News

BC cattle ranchers awarded 2020 TESA

Lethbridge beef researcher also recognized for outstanding work

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A ranching family from the B.C. Cariboo Region and a longtime beef researcher at the Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Research Centre (LRC) were honoured with awards during the annual Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC), which this year ran online August 11-13. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association 2020 TESA environmental stewardship award went to the Seelhof family, who […] Read more
Features, News

Tech advice without the 1-800 hurdle

Partners with Tech Direct Solution make staff easily accessible

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If calling a 1-800 number for technical support from crop input or service providers has proven time consuming and even frustrating, a new service launched this spring is helping farmers to connect directly with people they need to talk to — and it’s free. The service is called Tech Direct Solution and was launched in […] Read more
The size of grain bins has exploded in the last generation and it’s not uncommon to see 30- to 60-foot-high bins. Climbing these high bins without any protection is incredibly dangerous, says Robert Gobeil, an agricultural health and safety specialist with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association.
Features, News

Bin fall prevention equipment options and six top safety tips

Safety options include personal fall protection equipment, ladder landings and spiral staircases

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Quick poll: have you or anyone you know ever fallen from a grain bin ladder? If you can answer “no” to that question, count yourself very lucky, and you’re likely in the minority of Canadian farmers. “At literally every tradeshow, we talk to a dozen people who have fallen off a grain bin. Pretty much […] Read more
Jason McNaughton says Sollio Agriculture specialists will continue to work closely with swine, dairy and poultry producers.
Livestock, News

Sollio Agriculture name comes west

Larger company strengths livestock nutrition business

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Western Canadian livestock producers will be seeing a new name at various retailers across the West as the long-operating Standard Nutrition Canada is replaced with the Sollio Agriculture name. Based in Quebec, but now with a reach across the country, Sollio Agriculture is a co-op-structured company providing a wide range of crop input and livestock […] Read more
A grain rescue tube and a portable auger available to fire departments trained in grain extrication will greatly increase the probability of a victim surviving a grain entrapment, says Robert Gobeil, CASA’s agricultural health and safety specialist.
News, Wheat & Chaff

CASA, Corteva to equip rural fire departments with life-saving grain rescue equipment

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The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) in collaboration with Corteva Agriscience Canada will equip rural fire departments with the training and equipment needed for grain entrapment rescues. CASA’s grain safety program, BeGrainSafe, is designed to save lives and is generously supported by sponsors like Corteva. This support has helped to build the BeGrainSafe mobile demonstration […] Read more
“You don’t have to have many crops that you can’t take off the fields because you don’t have the grain-handling capacity before a system will pay for itself." – Brad Fehr.
Crops, News

Forward thinking your grain storage plan

A Manitoba farmer was forced after a fire to rebuild his grain-handling yard. Here’s what he learned about planning for the future

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When Manitoba farmer Brad Fehr, his father, Willie, and his sons, Mitch and Kent, installed four new 50,000-bushel-capacity bins in 2015, they figured they were well set up for grain handling into the foreseeable future. What they didn’t anticipate was just two years later their 38-year-old grain dryer caught fire halfway through harvest, forcing them […] Read more

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